paranoid

Example Sentences

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“Our goal is to be actually paranoid about deployment because obviously, even one accident will be front-page headline news worldwide,” Musk said on the call.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Both the US and Taiwan are paranoid and jumpy about Palau switching," said Graeme Smith, a senior fellow at the Australian National University.

From BBC

“In the future, of course, people will become more paranoid in economics,” Acemoglu said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Actor George Takei, in contrast, reacted how people who live outside of the paranoid right-wing bubble did: "They banned Dolly‽‽"

From Salon

Criticism of the scientific establishment that is sometimes excessive and even paranoid — no, covid was not a hoax designed to make money for pharmaceutical companies — deserves some of the blame.

From Washington Post